Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:04:04 +0000
A fire in Bangladesh that killed at least 67 people in the oldest part of the capital shows the lapses in public safety that still plague
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:49:49 +0000
A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing 70 people.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:35:09 +0000
Provocative selfies earned Bangladeshi social media star Sanai Mahbub a reprimand from Bangladesh police on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:13:17 +0000
Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh for safety.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:42:27 +0000
A 10-year-old girl was strangled to death as she resisted a rape attempt by her tutor at Kaptai upazila in Rangamati on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:56:54 +0000
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie arrived in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh this morning to see the situation in Rohingya camps . She will see UNHCR activities, hold meetings with officials and meet Rohingyas in the camps while visiting the area, officials said. The UNHCR special envoy will talk to media in Cox’s Bazar tomorrow […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:30:02 +0000
An activist says more than 5,000 garment workers demanding wage hikes have been laid off while hundreds of them are facing police charges.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:41:03 +0000
A truck loaded with coal overturned and crashed into workers’ huts at a brickfield early Friday in Bangladesh, leaving 13 people dead.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:41:03 +0000
A truck loaded with coal overturned and crashed into workers’ huts at a brickfield early Friday in Bangladesh, leaving 13 people dead.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:42:16 +0000
China continues to finance new coal plants in more than two dozen countries, even as the country has taken the lead in global renewable energy investment, according to a report from a U.S. group of energy analysts. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its report said China is backing more than […]
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